Youth longing to get time for aquatic activity (8)
I believe the answer is:
yachting
'aquatic activity' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'youth longing to get time' is the wordplay.
'youth' becomes 'y'.
'longing' becomes 'aching' ('ache' can be a synonym of 'long').
'to get' is an insertion indicator.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'aching' enclosing 't' is 'achting'.
'y'+'achting'='YACHTING'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yachting that I've seen before include "Sailing sport" , "Sailing for pleasure" , "Boating sport" , "Sailing (on a cruise or in races)" , "Water sport" .)